Eric Holt runs personal best at Boston/Last Chance Indoor Meet

Binghamton distance runner Eric Holt was just two seconds away from becoming the third athlete in program history to break four minutes in the mile at the Boston/Valentine Indoor Meet last weekend. Holt ran a personal-best time of 4:02.05, to take fourth place of 307 runners.

His time was the 40th-best recorded by a NCAA Division I runner this season.

“A lot of things went right,” Holt said. “One thing in particular was my mindset. In this race, I went with a more patient method and let the race come to me. In the last quarter of the race, I had a lot more energy in the tank and therefore ran a faster time.”

The only other BU runners to achieve this feat were All-Americans Erik van Ingen, ‘12, and Jesse Garn, ’16. In 2010, van Ingen put the BU program on the map by running 3:59.41 at the 2010 Penn State National Open. He bested this time at the 2012 Millrose Games with a time of 3:56.37. After leaving BU, van Ingen began to compete professionally at the Oregon Track Club.